Malmesbury

Malmesbury is a market town and common ward in Wiltshire, England. Innovation organization Dyson is headquartered in Malmesbury, which remains a market town and ended up conspicuous in the Middle Ages as an inside for learning concentrated nearby Malmesbury Abbey, the main part of which frames an uncommon survival of the disintegration of the religious communities. When the site of an Iron Age fortress, in the Anglo-Saxon period it turned into the site of a cloister popular for its learning and one of Alfred the Great's strengthened burhs for safeguard against the Vikings. Aethelstan, the main ruler of England, was covered in Malmesbury Abbey when he kicked the bucket in 939. The ridge contains a few freshwater springs, which helped early settlements. It was the site of an Iron Age post, and in the Anglo-Saxon period it had a religious community celebrated as a focal point of learning. The town is recorded in the Burghal Hidage as one of Alfred the Great's safeguarded burhs evaluated at 1200 conceals, its Iron Age guards giving insurance against Viking assault. The town was portrayed in Domesday Book as a precinct. Alfred's grandson, Aethelstan, the main lord of England, was covered in Malmesbury Abbey in 939.